The Power We Pretend Not To See - 3
“If you take those narratives at face value, though, those violations seem less like actual assaults, literal or metaphorical, than a necessary condition for spiritual growth to take place.”
On The Trail of A Tale - Part One: Benjamin Franklin's Persian Parable
Had Franklin gotten his wish...and the Parable had remained unpublished, neither its origin in the work of the 13th-century Persian poet Saadi of Shiraz nor the story I am telling you would have become known, at least not in the way we know them now.
Four by Four #51
Four Things To Read, Four Things To See, For Things To Listen To, and Four Things About Me
On My Desk Now - January 2026: Either Way, You Choose A Side
“That kind of paralysis is perfectly understandable in a rank and file, whether we’re talking about union members or people on the street. It seems inexcusable to me, however, in those who have been charged with leading the opposition...”
The Power We Pretend Not To See - 2
(Read Part 1 here.)
When I was an undergraduate, a man I looked up to as a teacher and a